Bottle-holder.



No. 823,678. l PATENTED JUNE 19, 1906.

R. B. GILGHRIST. y

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'Y Trac def-MIL To @ZZ whom it mayV concern:

RAYMOND B. GrLcEEiST, ,vor NEWARK, NEW JERSEY;

' Bo'ifTLE-HoLDER.

. Be it known rthat I, RAYMOND B. GIL- CHRIST, a resident of Newark, inthe county of Essex and State' of New Jersey, have invented certain \newvand useful Improvements inBottle-Holders, of which the followingis a`full, clear, and 'exact description.

The invention relates to bottle-holders for cork-pullers,corking-machines, and the like. The invention designs to provide animproved device which is simple yin construction, and one feature of theinvention consists 1n an improved construction of bottleholder in whichthe jaws have pivots relatively eccentric with respect to each other andare connected to each other by a pin extending through both of the jawsto connect them for simultaneous and equidistant shift. vAnother featureof the invention consists ina staple the arms of which form the pivots vfor the jaws and which provides a detachable i i spective of the staple.

connection between the machine-frame and the holder desirable intransportation or when it is desired to operate the machine without thebottle-holder.

In the drawings, Figure l is a side elevation of a cork-puller havingtheimproved bottle-holder applied thereto.. Fig. 2 is an inverted plan.Fig. 3 is alsection on line 33 of Fig. 2. Figs. 4 and 5 are detailperspectives of the jaws. Fig. 6 is a detail perone of the Cotter-pinsfor holding the staple.` The bottle-holder comprises a pair of jaws Aand A each of which is provided with an operating-handle a, an elasticliner a', adapted to be forced against the bottle-neck, a hook a2 forengaging the frame to which the bottle-holder will be applied and vwhereby the free end of the jaw will be held against vertical movement,and a seatv a3 for a spring B, whereby the jaws will be pressed intoopen or spread position. A staple C comprises arms c and c', which formrelatively eccentric pivots for the jaws respectively and are eachadapted to extend through a hole a4 in one of the aws at one endthereof. The said arms are also adapted to extend throughjperforationsd, formed in an extension or web of the machine-frame'D and removablysecured in said frame by cotterpins e, j The jaws are connected forequidistant and simultaneous shift by al connectingpin F, which isadapted to extend through' lperforations in laterally-projecting lugs aiof Fig. 7 is a detail of` Patented June 19, 1906.

jaw A and through a perforation in a projectmglug a of jaw A. Lugs a5and a are arranged to overlap each other and lug a is preferablyarranged' to be held between lugs c5. Pin F is usually. provided with ahead f 6oy 4 at one end andthe other end may be slightly upset, so alldanger of separation of the pin from the jaws in packing ortransportation is avoided. v'The pin is loosely held in the perv foratedlugs, so as to permit the -pivotalmovement ofthe jaws about theirrespective pivi ots. The pin plays adjacent a line kextendingthrough'the pin-pivots, and therefore avery slight yplay suflices topermit pivotal movement of the jaws about their respective pivots.

In Fig. l the bottle-holder is shown as applied tothe frame D .ofaLcork-puller to hold a bottle beneath the corkscrew during operation ofthe puller. It. will be understood that the improved bottle-holder maybe applied to other machines, such as corking-machines and the like ,Animportant advantage of the improved construction is that upon withdrawalof the staple from the perforations in the frame, which can be done uponremoval of cotterpins e from the arms of the staple, the bottleholdercan be conveniently removed from the machine-frame when usev of thebottleholder is notdesired or when the machine is packed for shipment,because a much larger packing-case is necessary for the machine if thebottle-holder, with its laterally-projecting handles, remained attachedto thev machine. The staple forms a convenient device for attachin anddetaching the bottleholder to the mac ine-frame and connectingpin F andconnects the jaws to each other, which is also convenient in shipment.The 95 -construction of the bottle-holder parts and pivots is such thatthey can be quickly connected to andv disconnected from the frame, andwhen disconnected the cotter-pins can be again placed into position instaple-arms c roo and c', and the whole of the bottle-holder will beconveniently held together, so there is no possibility of displacementof the parts. Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new,and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isf 1. A bottle-holder comprisinthe combination of apair of jaws, pivots re atively eccenf tric withrespect to eachother, for the jaws respectively, andv` a pin extendingthrough 11o both ofthe jaws and whereby the jaws will be pivotallyconnected to each other and simultaneouslyand equidistantly shifted,substantially as described 2. A bottle-holder comprising the combinationof a pair of jaws relatively eccentric pivots Jfor .the jawsrespectively, overlapping perforated lugs on the jaws respectively, anda pin extending through the perforations and pivotally connecting thejaws to each other, substantially as described.

3. A bottle-holder comprising the combination of a support a pair ofjaws having perforations therein, and a staple having arms extendingthrough said perforations forming relatively eccentric pivots for thejaws respectively and removably held in said support, substantially asdescribed.

4. A bottle-holder comprising the combination of a pair of jaws, astaple having arms forming relatively eccentric pivots for the jawsrespectively, and a pin whereby the jaws are pivotally connected to eachother, substantially as described.

5. A bottle-holder comprising the combination of a frame a pair of jaws,a staple having arms forming relatively eccentric pivots for the. jawsrespectively, adapted to pass 'through perforations in the frame, andhav ing their ends perforated, and pins adapted towpass through saidperforations to remov- .ably secure the bottle-holder and frame inconnected relation, substantially as described.

6. The combination with a frame of a bottlc-holder comprising a pair ofjaws, a staple having arms forming relatively eccentric pive ots for thejaws respectively, a pin pivotally connecting the jaws to each other,and means for removably securing the staple in the frame, substantiallyas described.

RAYMOND B. GILCHRIST. Witnesses:

MAE OsBoRN, ALFRED CLARKE.

